Device for issuing tickets, cards, and the like



April 25, 1939- G. VON KINTZEL 2,155,762

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Patented Apr. 25, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Georg von Kintzel, Dallgow-Doberitz, Germany, assignor to Ernst Tensfeldt, Charlottenburg,

Germany Application September 7, 1937, Serial No. 162,773

In Germany September 5, 1936 6 Claims.

(Granted under the provisions of sec. 14, act of March 2, 1927; 357 0. G.

This invention relates to devices for issuing tickets, cards or the like, wherein the tickets or cards to be issued are cut off a paper-strip provided with rows of perforations at a distance from each other corresponding to the length of the ticket. In certain known ticket issuing devices the strip from which the individual tickets are severed had to be pulled forwardly past the point of separation by hand. In order to avoid such inconvenience it has heretofore also been proposed to move the several ticket or card sections by means of an electrical device past the place of separation. Such devices, however, are complicated and expensive.

The invention has for its object the provision of a machine of this general type in which tickets, stamps, or the like are detached from a strip which is fed forwardly to a point where it is severed transversely, by means of a swinging lever which may be manually operated and which carries a pivoted member adapted to engage the strip during the forward feeding movement thereof and to move idly along the same during the retracting movement. The strip engaging member may be in the form of gripping tongues which intersect the plane of the strip or band and which are urged into engaging position by means of a spring. According to another object of the invention, the gripper tongues are adapted to be 30 engaged at the point of detachment of the strip by a stop member which prevents them from being displaced from the path of the strip when a portion thereof is being severed so as to positively insure that the unsevered portion of the strip is not removed from the container.

A further object of the invention is to provide resilient means for continually urging the gripper tongues and the lever supporting them toward the forward limit of their movement at the place of detachment, and at that point serving to hold them in their strip retaining and penetrating position.

In the accompanying drawings which form part of this specification I have shown an example of a construction of my novel ticket issuing device, while the specific features of my invention are mentioned as the specification proceeds and included in the appended claims.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a side-view of my new ticket issuing device,

Fig. 2 a top-view of the device illustrated in Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 two ticket or card sections of a paper- 5' strip mounted within the device,

Fig. 4 a detail-view in side elevation showing the upper part of the oscillating lever, together with the gripper tongues fixed thereto,

Fig. 5 a detail-view in front elevation or at right angles to the positions shown in Fig. 4,

Fig. 6 a detail top plan view of the part shown in Figures 4 and 5,

Fig. 7 a longitudinal sectional View of the channel which serves to lead the paper-strip from the paper-roll to the place where a ticket is to be separated from the latter, and

Fig. 8 a partial sectional view along line VIII-VIII of Fig. 7.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, within the casing l a reel 3 is mounted rotatably about the axle 4, a roll of said paper-strip 2 being carried by said reel. From said roll the stripZ is being moved as far as to the place of separation at 5 through a channel 6 as shown particularly in Figs. 7 and 8, said channel closely embracing said paper-strip and being formed by an upper plate I and an under plate 8 connected to the former. Feeding of the paper-strip is accomplished preferably only by a length of the ticket or card to be separated by gripper tongues 9 suitably fixed to a lever l0 mounted swingably in said casing I, said lever projecting from the latter only at its one end which is formed in the manner of a handle I l guided within a slit 12 in the cover of the casing. The gripper tongues 9 are mounted swingably about an axle l3 and kept under pressure of a spring l4, tending to swing said gripper tongues 9 about said axle IS in clockwise sense as seen with respect to Fig. 1. The gripper tongues 9v extend through slits l5 provided in the under plate 8 of said channel and engage with slits l6. provided on the paper-strip at the ends of each row of perforations as shown in Fig. 3. Thus, if the lever I0 is moved from the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 in direction of the arrow H, the gripper tongues 9 will serve to move forward the paper-strip 2. On the other hand, if said lever I0 is moved from the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1 in direction of the arrow l8 into the position shown in dotted lines, the gripper tongues 9 will come out of engagement with said slits IS on the paper-strip 2. A brake I9 is asso ciatedwith the paper-strip, said brake being constructed in such a manner that it will permit passage of the paper-strip when moving forward, whenever a ticket or card is to be separated therefrom, but to prevent motion thereof in rearward direction during rearward swinging of the leve l0.

If lever I 0 has come into the position, shown in dotted lines, at which position further motion of said lever will be discontinued by a stop 20, the gripper tongues 9 by reason of the spring pressure exerted thereon will engage with the subsequent slits I6 in thepaper-strip so that the gripper tongues upon forward motion of lever iii in direction of arrow I! will feed said paper-strip forwardly again through a distance correspond ing to the length of a ticket or card to be separated. In order to permit the gripper tongues 9 during their forward motion to effectively car ry forward the paper-strip'and come again easily out of engagement with said slits l6 during rearward motion, it is advisable to properly bend the gripping ends of the gripper tongues engaging with said slits IS in the direction of the issuing motion of the tickets, as shown in Figure 4. In this manner the gripping ends of the gripper tongues during rearward swinging of the lever ID will be disengaged from the front edge of the plate 7 and will move rearwardly along the under side of thestrip 2, which is held by the brake 19, until they pass through the next succeeding pair of slits l6. At ornear this point the lever H1 is the appropriate opening 20a.

"Inth up'per'pIat'e 'l'forming p art of the channel there are provided recesses 2| opposite the slits 'l 5, recesses serving for the reception of the ends of the gripper tongues 9 extending through the slits l6 of the paper-Strip. Upon the return movement of the lever ID, the paper strip 2 is-movedforwardly'through the channel formed between the plates 1 and 8,'the section ofthe' strip to be next separated now being pushed along theinterier surface'of plate 1 in contact therewith.

Inorder' to prevent the gripper tongues 9, during separation of a ticket or card section from the paper 'strip, against disengaging the slits l9 and toprevent, in"addition, undesirable feeding motion of the paper-strip by the pull exerted on the'stripwhe'n separating said section therefrom, the gripper tongues are'abutting at the end of the tiketissuirigmotion against a stop 22, preferably formed by the front wall of the casing.

'uponexerungja pull onlthe ticket or card sectionprojecting 'at' ny'ume out of the device rbtation'of "the grippertongues in counter -clock wise direction will be prevented and the gripping ends of 'thegripper tongues safely kept within the slits l6.' "In this case preferably the gripper tongues 9 are pressed" against the stop 22 by means ofth'espring 23 which preferably serves as'a" retracting spring tomove-the g'ripper tongues 1 b ck'into'fthe row'of'perfor'ations on the paper- *The aforementioned brake IQ for the paperstripisprferably constituted by 'a' leaf-spring provided witht'eeth*'24"at its'free end directed against said strip'.'As'th'e lever is' mounted rotat'aibly'round *an axle '25, the'gr ipper tongues will rii'ove along a circular path and for this reason the channel 6 which serves to" guide the paper isof arched conformation. 1

This stop zoser'vmg for limiting rearward motion of theleveriq ispreferably made adjustable in order to adapt the stroke of the 'grippertongues to tickets'or'car'ds of different lengths for which purp'os','in theexample of construction as shown,

several threaded bores 20a are provided. During service theent'i're'ticket' issuing device is preferably positioned at a place laterally of the person attending 'the' 'device and further arranged so that. the 3.9 5 1? Ewing. m t o f the gripper tongues takes place in a direction within sight of said person.

My invention is not limited to the example of construction shown in the drawings; thus, for instance, motion of the gripper tongues does not need to be performed along a circular path of motion, as said gripper tongues may also be arranged to follow an essentially straight path of motion.

I claim:

1. A device for issuing tickets, cards, or the like, comprising'in combination, a supporting frame, a reel rotatably mounted in said frame and havingwound thereon an'elongated strip consisting of a plurality of units separable along transverse rows of perforations, guide means along Winch said strip is adapted to be moved towards: point of severance and delivery, a lever pivoted to said frame, a strip engaging tongue pivoted to said lever 'and provided with an outer end portion adapted to enter one of said perforations and feed said strip toward said delivery point, spring means for urging saidtongue toward engagement with said 'strip'whereby said tongue enterssaid perforation during forward feeding movement of the lever, butpasses'freely along the surface of said strip during return movement thereof, forward and rear stops for limiting the movement of said lever in each di; rection, the forward stop 'di'spos'edfor engage ment by said tongue, whereby the latter is held stationary at the end of the feeding movement and disengagement with the is prevented While the'strip is being severedalong saidfrow of perforations. v

2. A device for issuing tickets, cards, or the like, comprising incornbin'atipn, a supporting frame, a reel rotatably niounted in said frame and having wound thereon" anelongated'strip consisting of a plurality of units separable along transverse rows of 'perforation sfgluide" means along which said "s'tripi's adapted to be moved toward a point of severance and delivery, a lever pivoted to said frame, L-shaped strip engag ing tongue pivoted to said lever, onearm of the tongue adapted toenter' one'of said perforations and feed said striptowa rd said delivery point, spring means for urging said tonguetowardengagement with said'st'rip and the end of said tonguebeing curved slightly'in the direction of feed whereby said tongue enters said perforation during forward feedingrnovementof the lever,

but passes freely along the surface of said strip during return movement thereof, forward and rear stops for limiting the movement of said lever in each direction, the forward stop disposed for engagement by said tongue'wher'eby'the latter is held stationary at the end of the feeding movement and disengagement'with the strip isprovented while the strip is being severed along said row of perforations, means for preventing retro grade movement of said strip, and spring means for urging said leverin the direction of feed.

3. A'device' forissuing' tickets, cards, or the like, comprising in: combination, a supporting frame, a reel rotatably mounted in said. frame and having wound thereon an elongated strip consisting of aplui'a lity of unitssenarable along transverse rows of perforations, guide means along which said strip is adapted to be moved toward a point of'severance and delivery, a'lever pivoted to said frame, a strip engagingtongue pivoted to said lever and provided with an outer end portion adapted to enter one of .said perforations and feed said strip toward said delivery.

point, spring means for urging said tongue toward engagement with said strip whereby said tongue enters. said perforation during forward feeding movement of the lever, but passes freely along the surface of said strip during return movement thereof, and means for locking said tongue in engagement with said strip at the end of the forward feeding movement of said lever during severance thereof, in order toprevent forward movement of the unsevered portion of said strip.

4. A device for issuing tickets, cards, or the like comprising, in combination, a supporting and enclosing frame, means therein for supporting an elongated strip consisting of a plurality of separable units, a lever pivotally mounted on said frame for movement in opposite directions to respectively feed said strip forwardly and to return idly, a member pivoted upon said lever and adapted to engage said strip to move it forwardly during the feeding stroke of said lever, a stop carried by said frame and engageable by said member to limit the forward feeding movement of said lever and said member, and also serving to lock said member in engagement with the strip to prevent further forward movement of the latter.

5. A device for issuing tickets, cards, or the like comprising, in combination, a supporting and enclosing frame, means therein for supporting an elongated strip consisting of a plurality of units separable along transverse lines of perforations, guiding means for said strip, a lever pivotally mounted on said frame for oscillating movement in opposite directions to respectively feed said strip forwardly to a point of separation and to return idly, a gripper tongue pivotally mounted upon said lever and adapted to engage within the perforations in said strip to move it forwardly during the feeding stroke of said lever and to move idly along the surface of said strip during the return movement, an abutment provided on said frame and disposed to be engaged by said tongue, whereby the latter is held stationary at the end of the feeding movement and disengagement from said strip is prevented during severance of a portion thereof.

6. A device for issuing tickets, cards, or the like comprising, in combination, a supporting and enclosing frame, means therein for supporting an elongated strip consisting of a plurality of units separable along transverse lines of perforations, a grooved guide member through which said strip is adapted to move and which serves to limit the transverse movement of said strip out of its own plane, a lever pivotally mounted on said frame for oscillating movement in opposite directions to respectively feed said strip forwardly to a point of separation and to return idly, pivoted tongues carried by said lever and adapted to enter certain of said perforations and to extend into the groove of the guide member and across the path of the strip during the forward feeding movement of the lever and adapted to move idly along a surface of the strip during return movement, an abutment provided on said frame and adapted to be engaged by said tongue at the limit of its forward movement and adjacent the point of severance of said strip in order to firmly hold said tongue in its position intersecting the path of the strip, and a spring for continually urging said lever toward said abutment.

GEORG VON KINTZEL. 

